Amentum Team Awarded DOE West Valley Deactivation & Demolition Contract
CHANTILLY, Va. – Amentum (NYSE:AMTM) announced today that West Valley Cleanup Alliance, LLC (WVCA), a BWXT Technical Services Group-led joint venture that includes Jacobs Technology, an Amentum company, and Geosyntec Consultants, Inc, has been awarded the West Valley Project Phase 1B Deactivation & Demolition contract. Amentum will bring advanced environmental capabilities to safely clean up the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) in western New York state.
“Amentum and our partners have a successful track record addressing deactivation and decommissioning challenges and we look forward to partnering with our DOE client, regulators, and community stakeholders to further advance the cleanup mission at the West Valley Demonstration Project.”
“With our extensive experience bringing advanced technical solutions such as UAV, robotics, sensors, telematics, and other digital tools to safely decommission nuclear facilities, we are pleased to be selected as the Department of Energy’s partner,” said Steve Arnette, Amentum’s Chief Operating Officer. “Amentum and our partners have a successful track record addressing deactivation and decommissioning challenges and we look forward to partnering with our DOE client, regulators, and community stakeholders to further advance the cleanup mission at the West Valley Demonstration Project.”
The scope of this contract includes disposal of low level, radioactive and transuranic waste; soil remediation; decontamination and decommissioning of underground high level waste tanks, facilities and any material used in connection with the project; and eventual transport of solidified waste to a federal repository for permanent disposal.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) single-award IDIQ contract has a maximum value of up to $3 billion over a 10-year ordering period. Performance of task orders issued before the end of the contract ordering period shall not exceed five years beyond the end of the contract ordering period.
The West Valley Demonstration Project is an approximate 150-acre area located 35 miles south of Buffalo, New York. The site is owned by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and is home to the only commercial spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facility to operate in the United States. Amentum and its legacy companies have supported the DOE’s office of Environmental Management WVDP cleanup program since 1982.
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